Capacity Building Workshops
Help ensure that your organization will be stronger, more sustainable, better able to serve your community and stay mission focused.  Management Strategies offers a full range of outcome based training programs designed to strengthen and enhance your organizational capacity. We’ll help you build up your organizational muscle!
  

                                                             
In addition to these workshops, Management Strategies can custom design a workshop to fit your organization’s specific needs and requirements.

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Board Development
Building Better Boards Through Strategic Governance


Board governance is an ongoing and dynamic process. This workshop is designed to help boards develop strategic leadership for the agencies they govern. It covers the why, what, who and how of effective non-profit governance. Appropriate roles and responsibilities for strategic thinking boards as well as hallmarks of effective and accountable organizations are the hallmarks of this training.

 

Board Meetings that Work

Volunteer boards must structure their board meetings to focus on the right things if they are to address issues, demonstrate leadership and govern effectively. This workshop outlines factors involved in successful board meetings beginning with group dynamics, and including consent agendas, dashboard indicators, facilitation and participation skills, dealing with problem behaviours, electronic meetings and evaluation tools.
Strategic Planning

Understand the process, learn the language and assess your organization’s readiness for strategic planning.  Sample forms and questionnaires, hands-on experience and an interactive format are hallmarks of this workshop. Suggestions for assessing whether or not to use a consultant will also be included.
Fund Development Basics

The board members’ role in fund development, board member giving as well as the pros and cons of various fund development strategies, donor relations and sustainability are all addressed in this hands-on session.
Staff and Organizational Development

Team Building

This workshop examines techniques to help motivate and manage people, outlines the differences between a team and a group and provide tips for building a team and developing leadership within the team.

Developing and Managing
Effective Volunteer Programs


A creative and well managed volunteer program can help your nonprofit make better use of limited resources and increase your visibility. In this workshop, you will learn how to design jobs that will extend and enhance the work of your organization. This workshop will outline the steps necessary for a successful volunteer program taking into account the changing nature of volunteerism which utilizes minorities, teens, older adults, baby boomers and the sandwich generation all with different needs and expectations. Key findings of the survey VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IN AMERICA’S CHARITIES AND CONGREGATIONS will be highlighted.

Developing Grant Proposals

This workshop focuses on organizing and developing a plan for writing grants. Participants will learn the components of a proposal: introduction, problems/needs statement, objectives, methods, budget, future funding, and evaluation Strategy and common errors will be highlighted, as well as examples of successful techniques will be covered.

Managing Change

This workshop examines the environment factors driving organization change. Participants will explore the change process and understand how to build a culture for change. Ideas for dealing with resistance to change will also be covered.
 
Program Design & Evaluation -
Logic Model


Logic models offer if…then information that helps us think through our programs. This workshop offers an overview of Logic Models and their use throughout the life of your program beginning with design and planning and ending with program evaluation. Learn how to use Logic Models in grant proposals.
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